PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Speech Segmentation, Vocal Folds, Coarticulation
12 Oct 2018
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Some morphemes can stand alone referring to ideas, objects, actions. Production of speech= air flows quietly out the lungs and up through the nose and mouth. Larynx there are 2 flaps of muscular tissue= vocal cords (close and open. You can also produce sound by narrowing the air passageway within the mouth. A sequence of words that conforms to the rules of syntax (and so has the right constituents in the right sequence). Psycholinguists distinguish content (the primary carriers of meaning) from function (which specify the relations among words). The basic categories of sound used to convey language. For example, the words peg and beg difer. [p] in one case, [b] in the other. One of the properties that distinguishes different categories of speech sounds. manner of production. The way in which a speaker momentarily obstructs the flow of air out of the lungs to produce a speech sound.
